Involuntary Childlessness in a Sociological Perspective
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Management of involuntary childlessness.
Any definition of involuntary childlessness has to consider the difference between sterility and subfertility. As the latter affects about 20-30% of all couples at least once in their lives, general practitioners (GPs) may be the first to be confronted with this problem. This review presents the most relevant diagnostic and therapeutic options in cases of female or male infertility, and discuss...
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عنوان ژورنال: Czech Sociological Review
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0038-0288,2336-128X
DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2006.42.5.05